[issue5225] OS X "Update Shell Profile" may not update $PATH if run more than once

Carol Willing added the comment: No problem :D Ping me when you need a review. -- ___ Python tracker ___ ___ Python-bugs-list mailin

[issue5225] OS X "Update Shell Profile" may not update $PATH if run more than once

Ned Deily added the comment: Please don’t close this. It’s still an issue that needs to be addressed and I intend to do so. Thanks. -- assignee: -> ned.deily versions: +Python 3.9 -Python 2.7, Python 3.2, Python 3.3 ___ Python tracker

[issue5225] OS X "Update Shell Profile" may not update $PATH if run more than once

Carol Willing added the comment: @ned.deily I'm doing some triaging today. As the original submitter of this issue, would you be willing to close it? Thanks. -- ___ Python tracker ___

[issue5225] OS X "Update Shell Profile" may not update $PATH if run more than once

Changes by Ned Deily : -- resolution: out of date -> stage: -> needs patch status: closed -> open ___ Python tracker ___ ___ Python-b

[issue5225] OS X "Update Shell Profile" may not update $PATH if run more than once

R. David Murray added the comment: I don't think "out of date" means "hasn't been touched in X years", I think it means "there is no longer any need to fix this issue". That might mean it is a bug in something we no longer support, or a bug that has been fixed accidentally by later developmen

[issue5225] OS X "Update Shell Profile" may not update $PATH if run more than once

Carol Willing added the comment: Perhaps it would be prudent to update the dev guide, or the contribution process, to close issues that have stagnated for years as opposed to marking them languishing. It would likely help with the issue backlog. Also, expanding out of date to reflect that an i

[issue5225] OS X "Update Shell Profile" may not update $PATH if run more than once

Carol Willing added the comment: This issue was closed as "out of date" since there has been no activity on the issue in 7 years. IMHO the issue, if still relevant, should be opened as a new issue with better scope based on today's technology. -- _

[issue5225] OS X "Update Shell Profile" may not update $PATH if run more than once

R. David Murray added the comment: Why is it out of date? Did Ned solve this another way at some point? What I'm getting at is just closing an issue as "out of date" is not enough, really, it is best to record *why* the issue is out of date. -- nosy: +r.david.murray _

[issue5225] OS X "Update Shell Profile" may not update $PATH if run more than once

Carol Willing added the comment: Closed as an out of date issue. -- nosy: +willingc resolution: -> out of date status: open -> closed ___ Python tracker ___ _

[issue5225] OS X "Update Shell Profile" may not update $PATH if run more than once

Changes by Terry J. Reedy : -- versions: -Python 2.6 ___ Python tracker ___ ___ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: http://mai

[issue5225] OS X "Update Shell Profile" may not update $PATH if run more than once

Changes by Terry J. Reedy : -- versions: +Python 3.2, Python 3.3 -Python 3.0, Python 3.1 ___ Python tracker ___ ___ Python-bugs-list ma

[issue5225] OS X "Update Shell Profile" may not update $PATH if run more than once

Ronald Oussoren added the comment: I agree that we need a better solution to select which version of Python is the default one of your path. One way to do that is to have a tool that can change the "Current" link inside the framework, that way we could have /Library/Frameworks/Python.framewo

[issue5225] OS X "Update Shell Profile" may not update $PATH if run more than once

Ned Deily added the comment: I agree the patch is not a good solution but it is relatively safe. I suppose the current buggy behavior of Update Shell Profile *does* limit the growth to the number of Python versions you've installed. However the patch does allow users not comfortable with sh

[issue5225] OS X "Update Shell Profile" may not update $PATH if run more than once

Ronald Oussoren added the comment: I don't like this patch because it could grow the users profile without bounds when switching back and forth between two python versions. -- nosy: +ronaldoussoren ___ Python tracker

[issue5225] OS X "Update Shell Profile" may not update $PATH if run more than once

New submission from Ned Deily : An instance of the shell script "Update Shell Profile.command" is installed in each "/Applications/Python x.x" folder. Clicking on the script allows the user to change the default Python version. If the scripts are run more than once - s